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There are total twelve plans from A to L. And all these plans offer some specific benefits which maximize your coverage of original Medicare plan. Another thing which is important is that each and every company is bound to provide the same benefits for the plans under the same letter cover. No one can make any alternation to any plan among these. The private companies are bound to maintain the common rules set for their business. They can offer special benefits according to their whim. But there is one worth mentioning point and that is if you are a beneficiary of Medicare Advantage plan you are not eligible to register for any Medicare Supplement Plans. The fact is that the Medicare Advantage plans do not support the Medicare Supplement Plans and you cannot get yourself enrolled for any such policy unless you switch back over to the Original Medicare policy.
There is a different fact to be mentioned in this context. Though there had been no changes in the standard Medigap Insurance Plans after 1992 but by June 1, 2010, these twelve standard Medigap plans would undergo several major changes. With the effect of these changes four of the existing plans would be dropped and instead of that two new plans would be introduced. These changes had been made due to the federal legislation passed in 2005 in which there would be few additional consumer protections for California beneficiaries
